SHAFAQNA - The first summit of Muslim religious leaders from the Asian and Pacific countries opened yesterday in Istanbul with the Turkish head of the Presidency of Religious Affairs Mehmet Görmez calling for a renewal of cooperation between…

SHAFAQNA - Australia on Tuesday outlined plans to tighten counter-terrorism laws further, including restricting the movements of suspects as young as 14 in the wake of a deadly attack by a teenager this month.
Attorney-General George Brandis…

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SHAFAQNA - It has been revealed in a secret report issued by Sindh Police that Sipah e Sahaba known as (ASWJ) has hired many Afghan target killers in Korangi and Orangi Town areas of Karachi and they have also conducted several secret meetings…

SHAFAQNA - Commenting on the eruption of violence in India over the slaughter of cows, the Foreign Office of Pakistan on Thursday said the country which claimed to be a secular state should guarantee the basic rights of minorities, particularly…

SHAFAQNA - The sharp lines drawn between Hindus and Muslims since the lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri get blurred in a village near Ludhiana. Everyone in Nathowal village knows that temperatures have reached boiling point over beef eating…

SHAFAQNA - A matchmaking event in Kuala Lumpur, 'Halal Speed Dating', is helping Muslims find marriage partners within the bounds of Islamic law. The event works around the concept of letting two interested people meet, however the women have…

SHAFAQNA - On March 10, 632 CE, in the tenth year of Hijra, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) received a revelation from God, ordering him to halt the pilgrims at a pond called Khum, a place near Mecca, and to designate Imam Ali (PBUH) as his successor…

SHAFAQNA - Seeing their colleagues and patients die was a horrifying shock, according to survivors of the deadly air raid on a hospital in Afghanistan. The tragedy, medical staff said, simply cannot be dismissed as “collateral damage”…

SHAFAQNA - Malaysia will open its doors to 3,000 refugees from war-torn Syria, citing humanitarian reasons.
In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that as a Muslim…

SHAFAQNA - The Malaysian prime minister condemned Israel Friday for what he called its "systematic dehumanization" of Palestinians, saying the situation risked becoming a "catastrophe".
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly,…

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A fifty-year-old Indian Muslim has been beaten to death and his son severely injured after a Hindu mob attacked them over rumors of eating beef, ignoring pleas by his daughter who denied these rumors.
“When our team reached…

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SHAFAQNA - The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah hopes that the Muslims can do better in handling the Syrian refugee crisis.
He said over the past few weeks the world had witnessed the plight of Syrian refugees as they desperately fled…

SHAFAQNA - Australia will bid to rejoin the United Nations Security Council by the end of the next decade, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement on Wednesday.
Bishop said Australia, whose last two-year term ended in December…

SHAFAQNA - Chinese Ambassador Li Chengwen has said that about 14,000 Chinese Muslims came to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj this year, and more than 20 million Chinese Muslims celebrated Eid Al-Adha with their Muslim brothers and sisters all over…

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SHAFAQNA - Chinese authorities have banned many Muslim names in China's northwestern district of Xinjiang and threatened to bar students with such names from attending schools, in the latest crack down on Uighurs’ religious rights.
“My…

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The Taliban reported taking several key buildings in a siege of the provincial capital Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan after launching a major offensive operation on Monday, Reuters said.
The Taliban reported taking several…

SHAFAQNA - Australian Islamic leaders are cautiously optimistic that the country’s 29th prime minister, c, will be a circuit breaker and help counter the nation’s increasingly vocal Islamophobes.
Turnbull successfully mounted a challenge…

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SHAFAQNA - Waves triggered by the massive 8.3 magnitude earthquake in Chile and dozens of aftershocks, have reached Japanese coasts, where authorities issued a tsunami advisory.A wave of some 70 centimeters (28 inches) has been recorded in…

SHAFAQNA - As millions of Muslims worldwide prepare to celebrate `Eid Al-Adha, Indonesian Muslims remain stuck in the middle between the government and religious groups who are at loggerhead over the day to begin the major Islamic feast.
“We…

SHAFAQNA - THE Archbishop of Brisbane wants Catholics to open their churches and schools to persecuted Syrian Muslims.
Archbishop Mark Coleridge will today urge the tens of thousands in his archdiocese to take in hundreds of Syrian refugees…

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